Monday, November 24, 2014

11-24-14 jive

Good evening, it's Monday, November 24th,
and this is the Jive at Five – Our daily community calendar and run down of
night time programming, here on 88.1 FM WESU Middletown, your station for NPR,
Pacifica, independent and local public affairs by day and the best in free-form
community programming week-nights and weekends.

I’m Ben Michael, Thanks for listening.

Here’s a rundown of some of what’s going on in our area this
week:

At the Buttonwood Tree, here in Middletown, tonight there’s the
usual Moments of Gratitude at 7:45, followed by the Anything Goes Open Mic at
8, hosted this week by Nora. On Friday at 8 you can hear the Omar Tamez
Quartet play their unique blend of jazz and traditional Mexican music. On
Saturday, the Buttonwood celebrates its new Steinway piano with a Musical Offering
by Carolyn Halsted, playing Bach, Beethoven and more, at 7:30. Every Monday
morning, the Hearing Voices Network meets at the Buttonwood at 10:30 a.m.
“Beyond Visible,” a meditative photographic exhibit by Emily Zeitlin and Scotty
Giffen, continues through the week. www.buttonwood.org

On Sunday’s Food Not Bombs serves food outside the Buttonwood
Tree around 1pm. All are welcome to enjoy the meal and to help prepare it,
beforehand, at First Church on Court Street in Middletown at 11:30am. You can
learn more at: www.foodnotbombs.net

Down in New Haven, at Café Nine, tonight they headline Quintron
& Miss Pussycat for a 9:00 show. On
Tuesday, Isabel Stover takes the stage at 8. On Wednesday, they offer Dean
Falcone’s 18th Annual Thanksgiving Vomitorium, with a special
tribute to the Kinks. Friday’s early show at 7:30 features cellist and singer
Leyla McCalla, and at 10 you can catch the Late Show with Hank and Cupcakes, and
Mission O. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session
will be with Billy Cofrances at 4:30, followed at 9 by their Skansgivin’
Skaturday with The Hempsteadys, The Dialtones, and Llama T Ska. Sunday’s
3 p.m. Jam is with Stacy Phillips, followed by The Original Sunday Night Jam
with The Cobalt Rhythm Kings. www.cafenine.com.

Also in New Haven, at Toad’s Place, tonight’s Smooth Jazz
with Rohn Lawrence & Friends will be on the Lilly’s Pad stage. Wednesday’s
Annual Thanksgiving Eve Show features Deep Banana Blackout. On Friday they bring Chris Webby and MarBar
to the stage. Saturday’s at 9:00 show
brings you George Clinton Parliament Funkadelic, along with Amy Lynn & The
Gunshow.. www.toadsplace.com.

Up in Hartford, at Blackeyed Sally’s, the Hartford Jazz
Societies’ weekly “Jazz Monday” event brings you the Steve Davis & Friends.
On Tuesdays Michael Palin’s Other Orchestra, an 18-piece band, works out new
material on the Black-eyed Sally’s Stage. Sally’s longstanding Wednesday night
blues jam will be hosted by Tim McDonald this week. Friday night’s 9:00
show headlines SNL Band vocalist Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez. Saturday
they bring you jazz with the Allegra Levy Band featuring Sean Clapis. 8. www.blackeyedsallys.com

On Tuesday at 2 the Connecticut Historical Society hosts guided
tours of two new exhibits, “(Re)Building Hartford: A City Captured,” by Richard
Welling, and “Hartford Seen:
Photographs,” by Pablo Delano. They
also offer a “Secrets of the Veeder House Tour” this weekend, with behind the
scenes highlights of the Society’s headquarters in Hartford. http://www.chs.org

At Infinity Hall in Hartford, Connecticut’s own NRBQ makes it’s
debut on Wednesday at 8. On Friday they’ve got “The Weight” performing the
music of THE BAND at their 8:00 show. On
Saturday, Max Creek takes the Infinity stage, offering electric rock jam
starting at 8. On Sunday, they offer
Ryan Montbleau and Band, with special guest Jesse Dee, for a 7:30 show. www.infinityhall.com

Wednesday, Middletown Scottish Country Dancers hold classes for
beginning and experienced dancers from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at First Church on Court
Street. Partners not necessary. Wear soft-soled shoes. For information, call
Lucile Blanchard at 860-347-0278

On Friday, the 29th Annual Holiday on Main Street
festival takes place in Middletown, starting with a Holiday Train Exhibit at 11
at Amato’s Toy & Hobby. There’s an
Open House at the Mansfield House at 2, food, hot chocolate, and hayrides, and
a carol sing. The Middletown High School Marching Band performs, and the
evening concludes with a tree lighting on the South Green at 6, with a second
lighting at Eli Cannon’s lighting at 8:15 and the arrival of Santa by horse and
carriage. http://www.holidayonmain.com

On Friday there’s a show of the paintings of David Schulz at
Middletown Framing, 502 Main St. A
reception will be held from 5-8 p.m. http://www.arts2go.org

Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central
Connecticut:

At Real Art Ways in Hartford, the run of “Citizenfour,”
Laura Poitras’ documentary of the events of the Edward Snowden security leak,
continues through Wednesday. Also continuing is “Diplomacy,” a French
drama about Hitler’s plan to destroy Paris in WWII. They’re closed on
Thanksgiving. On Friday they start a
ruin of “Pelican Dreams,” Emmy-Award-winner Judy Irving’s documentary that
follows a California brown pelican from an arrest on the Golden Gate Bridge to
care at a rehabilitation facility. Also
opening is “BFFs,” a female buddy comedy about posers in a weekend couples
retreat. Both continue through the
weekend. On Saturday they’re showing the Internet Cat Video Festival, for cat
lovers of all ages. On Sunday at 2 there’s a one time event, “Holbook/Twain: An
American Odyssey,” with the award-winning show “Mark Twain Tonight” and a
post-film discussion with Director Scott Teems. www.realartways.org

At Cinestudio, Trinity College’s cinema in Hartford, the run of
about a

“The Blue Room,” a French crime drama based on the novel by
Georges Simenon, continues through Tuesday.
On Wednesday through Sunday you can see “Boyhood,” a film that follows a
boy in his journey from childhood to adulthood. On Sunday they open “Rome, Open
City,” a restored ultra high def version of the 1945 classic about Italian
resistance fighters being hunted by the Gestapo, which continues through next
week. www.cinestudio.org.

Now here's a rundown of what's on air on WESU-FM tonight:

Right after the Jive at Five, stay tuned for Afternoon
Jazz with Charles Henry.

At 6:00 p.m. stay tuned for Radio Curious from
Pacifica.

That’s followed at 6:30 by Michael Benson’s 75 % Folk, a mix of
folk, blues, movie soundtracks, and interviews and more.

At 8:00 p.m. there’s Unfocused Folk with Chip Austin, giving you
Americana music from Nashville and around the country including Folk, acoustic
Country, and roots-Rock.

From 9:30-11 p.m. The Attention Deficit Disk
Jockey with Lee brings you the music of yesterday’s future today.

Following that at 11 p.m. it’s Songs Without Words with
Jacob Feder, offering an eclectic mix of instrumental tunes from jazz to folk
to electronic and back again.

At midnight stay tuned for Feminist Power Hour with
Tess and Isabel who will discuss feminist issues, rant, and play some
music to fight the patriarchy!

From 1-1:30 a.m. it’s How We Met The Mother with
Mizael, exploring the diverse music that's the background to the story of the
television show, How I Met Your Mother.

From 1:30-2:30 a.m. catch The Reformatorium with
DJ E-fly, who’ll pick apart the synthetic process of sampling composition and
remixing, working from the bottom up!

Then from 2:30-3 a.m. #BasicBints with DJ Jui-C and DJ
Kale Chip will use satire to discuss social identity in relation to pop culture
and current events. Satire's another word for couture, right?

After that, Maximum Rock and Roll Radio comes your way
from 3-4 a.m.

The BBC World News takes over at 4 and we start tomorrow’s
broadcast day at 5 a.m. with Morning Edition from NPR.

That’s all for today’s Jive At Five. Tune in each and every
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Now stay tuned for Charles Henry.